Check-indorsing machine.



R. H. GLIInyvvs/HIL.A `CHECK INDORSING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED APR. 5.19II.

' Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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RUDOLPH H. GLADlVIIaI,` OF ADA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGrN'OlB.` TF0 PATENT HOLDING COM- PANYOF ADA, OKLAHOMA, A CORPORATION OF OKLAHOMA.

CHECK-INDORSING MACHINE.

To all fw/Lom it may concern Be it known that I, RUooLrIr H. GLAD- wILL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Ada, in the county of Pontotoc land 5 State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Im roved Check-Indorsing Machine, of which tlie following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a means of mecha-nically indorsing checks, drafts, memoranda, and the like, hereinafter referred to as checks.

More particularly the invention relates to an indorsing machine adapted to be used in connection with an adding machine and in- -volving a rotary st amp and a chute arranged to receive the checks directly from. a leaf corresponding with the leaf in certain add- 1n Objects of the invention are to provide a check indorsing means having clamps, whereb to attach the indorsing machine to an ad ing machine; to provide stamping rollers so formed as to insure that the checks will be gripped thereby and drawn through the rollers to receive the stamped indorsement; to provide novel spring means to lresiliently maint'ain the rollers under an even pressure;to provide means for giving the 80 rollers a complete revolution by the movement of the crank handle of the addingmachine and to provide co-acting means associated with the rollers -to prevent retrograde movement thereof so that the adding ma- 85 chine handle may be operated vnormally j Vwhile the rollers will be given-a single revo- -lution and' thenV arrested in their proper relative positions for receiving the check; to provide a stamping roller on which a rubber he' adjustably and removably mounted, whereby the stamp may be positioned to variously locate the indorsement on thecheck as may be necessary; and to provide an adjustable inking'roller that may b'e '1,485' variously positioned to accord Awith a given position of the stamp. y

The invention also has for an important 'object to provide ay chute associated with an element adapted to constitute the leaf of an -to` close the chute andconstitute an extension ofthe leaf when the indorsing]attachmentis not in use.

:The invention also has foran object to 56 provide-an indorsing machine improved in Specification of Letters Patent. Application mea april 5,1917. serai No. 159,992.

machines on which the checks arelaid.

ine and having means thereon Patented Jan. s, l1ere.

various particulars with a view to promote accuracy of operation, facility of adjustment and control, and comprising'appurtenances whereby the machine will be fully equipped to promote convenience and efficiency.

The nature of the invention and the advantages of the important structural features characterizing the preferred embodiment will more clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate-corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an indorsing machine embodying my invention showing the same applied to an adding machine;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side view.

Fig. 3 is a. detail in transverse vertical section on the line 3e-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on an enlarged scale, the section being taken on theline 1 -4, Fig. l;

Fig. 4* is a view similar to Fig. 4 but on a smaller scale and illustrating certain features of the invention inthe preferred form;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal section through one of the bearings of thel rollers; i

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6--6, Fig. 8;

Fig. 7 is an end view of the rollers;

Fig.l 8 is a fragmentary front elevation of one of the rollers;

Fig. 9 is a detail view showin a portion of thedrive shaft of the mac ine and a clutch associated therewith.

My improved indorsin machine is adapted to be secured to a. ding machines of known make to constitute an attachment thereto and before giving a detail description of the parts, I wlsh to, say' that the chute through which the checks are fed to the rollerS to be stamped by the latter, preferably is associated with a leaf member. or table adapted to constitute the leaf of an adding machine when the indorsing attachment is applied thereto, thes'aidleaf' and chute being formed as a part of my attachment in its preferred form is illustrated in Fig. 4*.- The chute and leafI in the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4 contemplates the rmanent attachment of the lea to theal ding` machine -or the modification of the leaf of known adding machines te constitute also the rear wall of the chute when my attachment is applied to the addingr machine.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 4 the numeral .lu designates generally the ehutv. l`o seeure the attachment to an adding mavhiuv l provide an upper clump ll and a lower t'lzimp l2. these being' lxedlv secured in any suitable manner to my iudorsing' attachment and adapted to embrace. the adding machine. l'he upper brace l1 has at the outer end thereof a member lil at right angles to engage one side surface of the adding." machine. and at the opposite side. ol" the adding machine. said brace has a rearwardly extending member 14. the rear end ol' which has the lateral right angle bend as indicated at 15, l"i;r l. to engl'agle the adding machine at the l'lont. llach vlamp is l'ormed in adjustable sections to adapt' it to adding" mae-blues ol ditl'vrenl sizes and also for thv purpose ol producing a tight clampingr action. .\s seen in Fig. l. that member1l3 ol' the uppvrelaml') ll which is sveurvd to the ellute l() has a slot and ,pin eonnvetion with a relatively slidable set'liou IT. there bein; r slotsl 1S in the svt-tion IT and studs lil on (he ,section lo. Said studs being' lhrvadvtl--to reeeive knurled nuls Qt). or the like. S'll'nilarlvVthe lower clamp 1;! has one section 2l tixedly secured to in v attachment while a sliding section :2 has a slot and pin eonueetion with the section 21. the svetion iiyhaving slots 23 and the section :2l having threaded studs Q-l. re- (-eiwnie,r nuls 25. rl`he outer end "2G ot the .section 22 has a right angle bend corresponding with the member 1? on the clamp l1 to engage a side of the. addingr maehine. By

the described arrangement my attachment may be qulvkli' clamped to the adding machine. j

'lhe machine includes a suitable lsupport.- ing base or frame. there being' shown longitudinal side members .27 which also afford bearings for the rollers hereinafter described. Referring,particularly to Figs, 1 and -l the l'ronl 2H ol' the vhute is-suitably supported on the hase l'rame. while the back "ll is made in the form olV a downwardly iuelined extension ol` a leaf 3() secured to the adding' machine and vol-responding witha similar learl t'ound in adding machines of different makes. Below the ehute l provide a. pair of rollers 251, 3Q. so that. a eheek instead -ot` being laidion thv leaf 3() may be moved alongr the same to drop through the chute, to the rollersI to receive a stamped inddrement by the latter as presently deseribed. In order that., when the indorsing rollers am not to be used, the chute. may be closed, Iprovide a slide 33 on the under side, ofthe leaf 30 and movable i'n Suitable keepers or guides 34, said slide having a handle 35 at one end and the opposite end having 'a downwardly turned flange or stop 36 to engage the adjacent keeper 34111111 llmit the rearward movement of the slide. The slide may he moved forwardly through a slot 37 at the upper end ol the wall 29 whereby the Islide will extend across the chute und con- .st itute an extension of the leaf- 530.

In Fig'. 4 which represents the attachment equipped complete with its own leaf and chute members, 10 designates the chute, 28 the front thereof, and 29" the rear wall which is a pal't of the chute and in fixed relation to the front 28a. and the sides being suitably supported on the base which in this t'orm of the invention includes the side members 2T as previously described. The leaf 302l is integral with the rear wall 29a. and is equipped with the, slide 33" corresponding with the slide 33 and movable through a slot 3T" corresponding with the slot 37. lVith lhis form oi the invention my indorsing mavhine when seeured to the adding machine A as un attachment to the latter, provides its own leaf and complete chute.

The roller 3l is provided with a rubber stamp 3S which has a eurved surface convent-rie with the roller .'-ll but of slightly greater radius to insure a proper impression by eo-action with the roller 32. The back ofthe stamp 38 has a.do\'etail rib 39 which is received in a longitudinal dove-tail groove 41 in the roller 31. and in said groove resilient metallic 'st-rips Ll() are arranged at each side toefl'eetively engage the. rib 39 and at the Same time permit a longitudinal movement of the stamp o1 its removal by squeezing the ends thereof. The stamp is .adapted thereby to be positioned variously along the roller to produce the. indorsement at the proper location on the check. As the stamp occupies a comparatively small portion of the roller surface I provide resilient dummies or filler blocks 42 having dove-tail ribs at the Aback thereof, the same as the stamp 38 to be received in the groove 41 between theresilient friction plates 40. Thus. the filler blocks may be placed one at each side of the stamp or if the position of the stamp requires it, both the filler blocks' may be placed at either side of the stamp, thereby steadying the roller and maintaining itV in proper relation to the ctiacting roller 32.

rlhe roller 31 is mounted on a shaft 43 and the roller 32 on a shaft 44. On the rollers at oney end intermeshingl pinions 45 are provided to insure the turning of the rollers 31, 32 in unison, Since any approved bearing may be` employed for the shaft 43, T have, conventionally shown theA same turningy inthe side frames 27. As will. he understood from Fig. 5. the shaft 44 is received at. each end in a V-shaped'depresroller shaft 43 fronLturning crank handle B y whereby the operation ot' said handle in ay 'caused to pass theretln'ough.

Leganes 4shaft between the bearings 5'.) is a housing 54 fixed to said bearings. ()n the outer en'd of the shaft 51 is a pinion which is en gaged b v a rack bar 5G. said rack bar being pivotally secured at one endy to the ot' the, adding` machine,

forward direction will cause the rack bar to tni'n the pinion 55 one ("ompletc revolution, thereby turning the shaft 51 and the roller ll. ln order that the rollers mayv not be given a retrograde movement b v the rack bar 5t moving rearwardly, the clutch eleinenis 49, -50 are ot the'one-tooth type. thereby having a single point engagement. rl`he clutch element Ti() is slidable on the shaft 5l and is held in engagement with the section 4!) b v a spring 50 onhth'e said shaft. A pin 50 on the shaft is received in a slot 50" in the clutch section 50 to turn the latter but to permit it to move axially on the shaft against the pressurebf the spring 50a. B v the described arrangement.l a, forward stroke of the rack 56 and a consequentfoi ward turning ot the-'shaft 51 will turn the clutch section 49 and the roller shafta a complete. revolution. but upon a. reverse movement'otl the raelt 5G the clutch section 5() may turn relatively to the sectionfl), 4and to prevent the. clutch section 49 and the the. clutch section' 50. I. provide sto means to engage said 'roller as hereina ter described. The rack 56 moves in a saddle 57 which is supported on theshaft 51 and may have. a limited swinging movement thereon as required by the movements of said rack barl` Guide rollers 58 on the saddle engage the back of the rack Figs. Zand 8.

An inking i-oller Tiflis provided and is adjustably mounted on a rod (i0 having at its ends as at 61 on suitable 4 support I 'lhe roller may be posiframe members.

tioned variously along the rod 60 to suitv the position of the stamp 33 and secured by a set Iscrew 62.

For the purpose of insuring that the clieclt dropping from the chute to the. rollers `will be firmly gripped by the latter and T produce cutouts 0r del'nessed surfaces (i2-l in thc rollers so that. gripping shoulders are. thus provided to'positively take hold ofthe check sotliat inthe turning of then rollers the the stiilti in the turning of the rollers 31.

-porteal on the latter,

backward with' bar as indicated inV cheek will positivelyy b'e drawn therethrough. It is important that the depressed surfaces G3 be maintained in proper register as the rollers turn and this is provided for by the means that prevent the retrograde movement of the rollers, said means consisting inthe illustrated example ot' a stud tit projecting from an end b'f the roller 31 as seen in Figs. G and 8 and adapt'` ed to be engaged by the free end ofl a spring (35 which is suitably fastened as at o6. 6T to the. adjacent frame member 27. Moreonar. there is a spring plate G8 se euredt said member 27 to be engaged by B0 The. positions and arrangementof the springs G5. (38 are such that both springs will yield to the stud (Si as the roller 31 rotates forwardly and thereby permit the stud to pass the springs. The reverse movement ot' the raclt 5G. however. occurs when the stud tilhasjnst passed the spring 68 and engaged the spring (i5. Upon thc roller 31 starting lo reverse. the-stud Gi will be engaged b v the spring GS and the movement ot' the roller thereby arrested, thus positioning zthe rollers with the opposed depressed surfaces G3 opposite and upwardlydisposed toward thc chute .to receive the cheek from thc latter. The 4checks discharged from the rollers til. 3'2 after being indorsed arereceivedina lmskett) beneath thev base frame and supthe basket is hinged at one end as at 70 to member '71 at the incline 72. The opposite end ot the basket G9 has aspring la`tch 73 adapted to resiliently engage a catch'fM, the arrangement permitting the basket to be readily dropped and permitted to swing on its hinges for the 'ready removal of the checks.

I wish to state in conclusion that although the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without depar-P ture trom'the spirit of the invention as dei fined in the appended claims. y

Having thus described my invention I claim as' new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

y 1. An indorsing machine ofthe class dc y I scribed, comprising` rotary indorsin g means,v drive means therefor including a drive shaft extending laterally at a side of the machine,

:lamp means secured to the indorsing ma-v chine andy extending laterally therefrom at the. same side as the drive shaft, said-clamp means having a member to engage an adding 'machine along the side thereof-adjacent to the indorsing machine, the said member termnatingfin a lateral bend to engage the 'adding machine at the front, the clamp' 1.30

a transverse frame 100v means including also a member to range across the adding, machine at the back and terminating in a forwardly disposed member to engage the opposite side of the adding machine from the fi1st1nentioned member, the clamp means being adjustable to conform to adding machines of different sizes, and actuating meansl to turn the said drive shaft-by a movement of the crank arm of the adding machine when said clamp is in position on the adding machine and with the actuating means connected with the said crank arm.

2. An ndorsing machine ot the class described comprising rotary indorsing means, drive means therefor including a drive shaft extending laterally at a side of the machine, clamp means secured to the indorsing machine and extending laterally therefrom at the samel side as the drive shaft, said clamp means including upper and lower elements adapted to engage the adding machine, bearings for said shaft, said hearings being carried by the lower clamp means, and means to actuatc said shaft by the crank arm of the adding machine when the clamps are secured in position thereon. v

3. An indorsingg,r machineI of the class described, comprising rotary indorsing means, drive means therefor, including a drive shaftformed in sections, clutch elements on said shaft sections, the clutch elements havingr a single tooth engagement to permit a reverse movement of one relatively to the other through a complete revolution, and stop meansl to arrest the indorsiug means and prevent retrograde movement thereof, said stop means including a member turning with the indorsing l'neans, a spring `yieldable to the saidl member, and a second spring yieldable to a movement of said member in one direction acting to arrest reverse movement thereof, said member being adapted to be accommodated between the two springs.

l. An index-sing machine of the class dc,

scribed, including rotary indorsiug means, means to turn the indorsing means, a chute supported on the machine above the rollers to direct. checks to the latter, a leal at. the top of the chute and leading to one wall thereof, and a slide beneath the said leaf and movable across the chute to eut oit the latter and constitute an extension ol the leaf.

RUDOLPH Il. GI'JADWILL. 

